Weekend Wisdom: When an appointment cancels or something falls off of your to-do list, don’t replace it. Embrace the space and take it for yourself. Last weekend I joined friends for an oyster “pop up” at a… The post house hushing + a list of 30 things to declutter appeared first on Be More with…
Research on the psychology of persuasion suggests you should consider your audience before offering more arguments.
The psyche rehearses death long before we understand what it’s preparing us for.
Life is filled with challenges, but what often stops us is not the challenge itself but our fears. The ultimate rewards and the process of learning to do what is difficult.
Why do some words seem familiar but mean something completely different? False friends reveal how our brains use, and sometimes misuse, language.
“You’ll long for me when I’m gone… You’ll kiss the headstone of my grave… Kiss my face instead!” “What exists, exists so that it can be lost and become precious,” Lisel Mueller wrote in her short, stunning poem about what gives meaning to our mortal lives. To become precious — that is the work of…
The right to food has become a key focus of organisations and individuals committed to ending hunger and poor diets as part of a shift to a more sustainable food system. In the UK, the Right To Food UK Commission, based in Parliament, is currently investigating the scale and scope of food poverty and hunger…
I was the guest of Chris and Xand van Tulleken on the BBC show exploring the ideas shaping our health and wellbeing. This episode was about relaxation. “We are all aware that relaxation has an importance in our lives, when things get too much we book holidays and time off work. But what does it…
The now infamous Flock cameras have, like data centers, united Americans in a loathing that crosses the political spectrum. But there are those who defend Flock, presumably with some not even being paid to express this view. As those familiar with my writings would guess, I’m consistently opposed to the surveillance state and hence to…
“All things are so very uncertain, and that’s exactly what makes me feel reassured,” one of the Moomins observes in Tove Jansson’s masterwork of philosophy disguised as a children’s book. It takes a great spaciousness and sobriety of spirit to be vitalized rather than paralyzed by uncertainty. Most of the time, we brace behind structures…
